Century-old mystery solved? Scientists may have 'seen' dark matter for the very first time
New data from a NASA space telescope hints that scientists may have finally captured the first direct glimpse of the mysterious substance.
14 hours ago
Unknown asteroid flew past Earth closer than a satellite—and we didn't spot it until hours later
The giraffe-sized asteroid flew over Antarctica unnoticed.
17 hours ago
James Webb Telescope finds potentially record-breaking black hole from early universe
The black hole is nestled in a distant galaxy named GHZ2.
1 day ago
Counting the comets: 2025’s discovery tally so far
Comet 3I/ATLAS might have stolen all the headlines, but it's far from the only comet that has been discovered this year.
4 days ago
Scientists finally track a hard-to-see companion orbiting aging red giant 400 times the size of our Sun
The discovery throws light on how giant or dying stars behave with their surroundings and other objects around them.
Nov 18, 2025
Astronomers finally spotted what they were searching for decades—1st coronal mass ejection from another star
Scientists have spotted a red dwarf star about 130 light-years away ejecting an enormous amount of material into space.
Nov 13, 2025
Would a human survive falling into a black hole?
A black hole has a huge mass packed into an infinitely tiny space.
Nov 13, 2025
Astronomers were perplexed by 'impossible’ merger of two giant black holes—now they know how it happened
The huge collision was detected around 7 billion light-years away with huge masses and extreme black hole spins
Nov 11, 2025
Astronomers stunned as black hole eruption brighter than 10 trillion Suns sets new cosmic record
Data from the NSF-funded Zwicky Transient Facility pinpointed the energy source: J2245+3743, an active galactic nucleus 500 million times more massive than our Sun.
Nov 11, 2025
Astronomers stunned as JWST just spotted a 'Big Red Dot', a supermassive black hole devouring the early universe
Astronomers pinpointed BiRD near the extensively studied quasar J1030+0524, which resides at a distance of about 12.5 billion light-years from Earth.
Nov 5, 2025
JWST observes distant galaxy revealing evidence of first stars forged after the Big Bang
Researchers analyzing JWST observations of LAP1-B determined the distant galaxy exhibits properties consistent with the earliest, hypothesized stars.
Nov 5, 2025
Vera Rubin first look imaging captures stellar stream around spiral galaxy Messier 61
Generated during the initial camera commissioning in June 2025, the discovery stems from the observatory's Virgo First Look images.
Oct 31, 2025
Scientists detect a subtle 'hum' in spacetime from two rare black hole mergers
The findings confirm the presence of rare binary systems and suggest certain black holes are second-generation, forged in earlier cosmic collisions.
Oct 29, 2025
Nearby dwarf galaxy held together by supermassive black hole 450,000 times the Sun's mass, study finds
New research suggests a massive black hole is the primary force preventing Segue 1's small complement of stars from drifting into the void.
Oct 28, 2025
Habitable 'super-Earth' discovered less than 20 light-years away, fueling search for alien life
The rocky exoplanet GJ 251 c, estimated to be nearly four times the mass of Earth, has been classified as a 'super-Earth.'
Oct 24, 2025
Twin spiral 'arms' caught feeding a black hole in the Circinus galaxy
Zeroing in on the Circinus Galaxy, located just 13 million light-years away, the research team meticulously analyzed archival data captured by ALMA.
Oct 14, 2025
Astronomers' cosmic discovery reveals extreme starburst galaxy concealed behind distant quasar
An international research collective has serendipitously discovered an ultra-luminous infrared galaxy (ULIRG), a system intensely forming stars, hidden behind the distant and well-known Cloverleaf quasar, H1413+117.
Oct 13, 2025
Astronomers achieve historic first image of two supermassive black holes orbiting each other
Researchers focused on the quasar OJ287, an intensely bright galactic core whose erratic light patterns had long suggested the presence of a pair of orbiting black holes.
Oct 10, 2025
Asteroid the size of a skyscraper set for a close approach to Earth this month—should we be worried?
The asteroid's orbit is highly elliptical (stretched-out), causing it to take approximately 2.65 years (967 days) to complete one trip around the Sun.
Oct 9, 2025
MIT scientists now suggest 'ghost particle' detected in Italy may be remnant of an ancient dying black hole
On February 13, 2023, the KM3NeT underwater telescope registered the high-energy 'ghost particle.'
Oct 8, 2025